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CAST · ANCHORMAN THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

35,456

across full runtime

Named matches

15

actors identified

Close-up shots

13.9%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

10.9%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

76%

25%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 40%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Kathryn Hahn

97% non-neutral

Lead screen share

41%

15 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

10.9%

3,879 frames

Surprise

6.0%

2,124 frames

Neutral

40.1%

14,229 frames

Fear

7.8%

2,754 frames

Sad

7.8%

2,754 frames

Angry

20.8%

7,377 frames

Disgust

6.6%

2,339 frames

Screen time by actor

15 named · 108m tracked of 97.4m

01

Will Ferrell

as Ron Burgundy · 6306 scenes

44.1min · 41% of cast

angry

02

Christina Applegate

as Veronica Corningstone · 3155 scenes

22.1min · 20% of cast

happy

03

David Koechner

as Champ Kind · 1659 scenes

11.6min · 11% of cast

angry

04

Paul Rudd

as Brian Fantana · 1249 scenes

8.7min · 8% of cast

neutral

05

Fred Willard

as Ed Harken · 933 scenes

6.5min · 6% of cast

angry

06

Steve Carell

as Brick Tamland · 925 scenes

6.5min · 6% of cast

angry

07

Chris Parnell

as Garth Holliday · 597 scenes

4.2min · 4% of cast

angry

08

Fred Armisen

as Tino · 254 scenes

1.8min · 2% of cast

fear

09

Kathryn Hahn

as Helen · 127 scenes

0.9min · 1% of cast

disgust

10

Danny Trejo

as Bartender · 109 scenes

0.8min · 1% of cast

angry

11

Darcy Donavan

as Hot Blonde · 53 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

angry

12

Ian Roberts

as Stage Manager · 46 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

disgust

13

Seth Rogen

as Eager Cameraman · 40 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

happy

14

Paul F. Tompkins

as MC · 15 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

disgust

15

Scot Robinson

as Waiter at Tino's · 4 scenes

0.0min · 0% of cast

surprise

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Christina Applegate as Veronica Corningstone	5,830	205.3	58.1%
Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana	1,171	169	11.7%
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland	787	183	7.8%
Fred Armisen as Tino	660	224	6.6%
David Koechner as Champ Kind	539	168.3	5.4%
Chris Parnell as Garth Holliday	352	131.6	3.5%
Fred Willard as Ed Harken	261	225.4	2.6%
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy	165	178.2	1.6%
Kathryn Hahn as Helen	134	139.1	1.3%
Danny Trejo as Bartender	74	202.7	0.7%
Unidentified speakers	31	—	0.3%
Ian Roberts as Stage Manager	24	150	0.2%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

RB

Will Ferrell

AS RON BURGUNDY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

44m 08s

Scenes

6306

First seen

1:36

Last seen

97:51

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

9%

Happy

5%

Surprise

18%

Neutral

4%

Fear

11%

Sad

44%

Angry

9%

Disgust

VC

Christina Applegate

AS VERONICA CORNINGSTONE

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

22m 05s

Scenes

3155

First seen

9:35

Last seen

96:20

Volatility

46 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

25%

Happy

11%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

3%

Fear

15%

Sad

8%

Angry

15%

Disgust

CK

David Koechner

AS CHAMP KIND

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

11m 37s

Scenes

1659

First seen

3:49

Last seen

97:52

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

19%

Happy

12%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

5%

Fear

5%

Sad

38%

Angry

7%

Disgust

BF

Paul Rudd

AS BRIAN FANTANA

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

8m 44s

Scenes

1249

First seen

3:59

Last seen

97:52

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

27%

Happy

4%

Surprise

35%

Neutral

0%

Fear

9%

Sad

21%

Angry

4%

Disgust

EH

Fred Willard

AS ED HARKEN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

6m 32s

Scenes

933

First seen

3:28

Last seen

90:49

Volatility

43 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

11%

Happy

14%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

7%

Fear

12%

Sad

33%

Angry

12%

Disgust

BT

Steve Carell

AS BRICK TAMLAND

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

6m 28s

Scenes

925

First seen

3:54

Last seen

97:52

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

12%

Happy

8%

Surprise

8%

Neutral

24%

Fear

2%

Sad

45%

Angry

2%

Disgust

GH

Chris Parnell

AS GARTH HOLLIDAY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 11s

Scenes

597

First seen

3:28

Last seen

84:22

Volatility

22 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

4%

Happy

0%

Surprise

19%

Neutral

0%

Fear

3%

Sad

73%

Angry

2%

Disgust

T

Fred Armisen

AS TINO

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

1m 47s

Scenes

254

First seen

32:06

Last seen

76:22

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

9%

Happy

4%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

26%

Fear

22%

Sad

25%

Angry

7%

Disgust

H

Kathryn Hahn

AS HELEN

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 53s

Scenes

127

First seen

53:57

Last seen

70:25

Volatility

53 High

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

4%

Happy

15%

Surprise

3%

Neutral

20%

Fear

14%

Sad

6%

Angry

38%

Disgust

B

Danny Trejo

AS BARTENDER

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 46s

Scenes

109

First seen

79:06

Last seen

82:31

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0024m48m73m97.4m

2%

Happy

6%

Surprise

4%

Neutral

3%

Fear

6%

Sad

64%

Angry

17%

Disgust

HB

Darcy Donavan

AS HOT BLONDE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 22s

Scenes

53

First seen

6:20

Last seen

9:05

Too few detections for emotion analysis

SM

Ian Roberts

AS STAGE MANAGER

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 19s

Scenes

46

First seen

3:32

Last seen

70:57

Too few detections for emotion analysis

EC

Seth Rogen

AS EAGER CAMERAMAN

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 17s

Scenes

40

First seen

42:15

Last seen

78:26

Too few detections for emotion analysis

M

Paul F. Tompkins

AS MC

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 06s

Scenes

15

First seen

42:07

Last seen

42:15

Too few detections for emotion analysis

WA

Scot Robinson

AS WAITER AT TINO'S

● Dominant: surprise

Screen time

0m 02s

Scenes

4

First seen

31:34

Last seen

31:44

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 12 clusterssums to 99.8% of all dialogue

Applegate 54.4%

Rudd 13.3%

Carell 8.2%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 6 ensemble

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runtime

Paul Rudd

0:05enter

Fred Armisen

1:35enter

Christina Applegate

1:46enter

Will Ferrell

2:23enter

Chris Parnell

3:19enter

Ian Roberts

3:41enter

Steve Carell

4:34enter

Fred Willard

5:42enter

David Koechner

6:41enter

Danny Trejo

7:54enter

Kathryn Hahn

9:36enter

SPEAKER 16

18:42enter

Christina ApplegateSPEAKER 19

Rapid exchange

54.4%

of all dialogue · 5,830 words · 28:24 spoken

WPM205.3

Turns1070

Avg turn1.8s

Longest22.7s

enters at 1:46profanity 13

Paul RuddSPEAKER 04

Rapid exchange

13.3%

of all dialogue · 1,171 words · 6:56 spoken

WPM169

Turns227

Avg turn1.8s

Longest13.3s

enters at 0:05profanity 7

Steve CarellSPEAKER 10

Rapid exchange

8.2%

of all dialogue · 787 words · 4:18 spoken

WPM183

Turns201

Avg turn1.5s

Longest14.5s

enters at 4:34profanity 2

Fred ArmisenSPEAKER 18

Rapid exchange

5.6%

of all dialogue · 660 words · 2:57 spoken

WPM224

Turns224

Avg turn1.0s

Longest10.0s

enters at 1:35profanity 4

David KoechnerSPEAKER 22

Conversational

6.1%

of all dialogue · 539 words · 3:12 spoken

WPM168.3

Turns112

Avg turn1.7s

Longest18.7s

enters at 6:41profanity 6

Chris ParnellSPEAKER 26

Rapid exchange

5.1%

of all dialogue · 352 words · 2:41 spoken

WPM131.6

Turns319

Avg turn1.0s

Longest7.6s

enters at 3:19profanity 4

Fred WillardSPEAKER 27

Brief

2.2%

of all dialogue · 261 words · 1:10 spoken

WPM225.4

Turns62

Avg turn1.4s

Longest8.9s

enters at 5:42profanity 0

Will FerrellSPEAKER 20

Brief

1.8%

of all dialogue · 165 words · 0:56 spoken

WPM178.2

Turns60

Avg turn1.1s

Longest7.8s

enters at 2:23profanity 1

Kathryn HahnSPEAKER 33

Brief

1.8%

of all dialogue · 134 words · 0:58 spoken

WPM139.1

Turns30

Avg turn2.0s

Longest15.1s

enters at 9:36profanity 1

Danny TrejoSPEAKER 30

Brief

0.7%

of all dialogue · 74 words · 0:22 spoken

WPM202.7

Turns20

Avg turn1.2s

Longest4.7s

enters at 7:54profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 16 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 31 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM181.5

Turns8

Avg turn1.4s

Longest3.5s

enters at 18:42profanity 0

Ian RobertsSPEAKER 31

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 24 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM150

Turns8

Avg turn1.5s

Longest3.9s

enters at 3:41profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 15 unique characters · 35,456 faces detected · 15 named matches · 108m screen-time tracked